"blah blah blah" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: Triplication of blah. Head templates: {{en-interj|nolinkhead=1}} blah blah blah
  1. A put-down to silence someone who would otherwise not stop talking. Translations (a put-down to silence someone): дрън-дрън-дрън (drǎn-drǎn-drǎn) (Bulgarian), blablabla (Dutch), bla bla bla (Dutch), blablabla (German), μπούρου-μπούρου (boúrou-boúrou) (Greek), blá blá blá (Portuguese), ля-ля-тополя́ (lja-lja-topoljá) (Russian), не на́до ля-ля́ (ne nádo lja-ljá) (Russian), бла-бла-бла́ (bla-bla-blá) (Russian), bla bla bla (Serbo-Croatian), bla bla bla (Spanish), bla-bla-bla (Spanish), blablablá (Spanish), bla bla (Swedish), bla bla bla (Swedish), vıdı vıdı vıdı (Turkish), bik bik (Turkish), dır dır (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-blah_blah_blah-en-intj-es6zXpyS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated triples, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 61 39 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated triples: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'a put-down to silence someone': 97 3
  2. A stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content. Synonyms (boring content): yada yada yada Translations (a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content): blablabla (Dutch), bla bla bla (Dutch), pälä-pälä-pälä (Finnish), Blabla [neuter] (German), Blablabla [neuter] (German), blablabla (Italian), turituri warawara (Maori), ple ple [neuter] (Polish), blá blá blá (Portuguese), ля-ля-ля́ (lja-lja-ljá) (Russian), бла-бла-бла́ (bla-bla-blá) (Russian), ля-ля́ фа-фа́ (lja-ljá fa-fá) (Russian), bla bla bla (Spanish), bla-bla-bla (Spanish), blablablá (Spanish), blablabla (Swedish), bô lô ba la (Vietnamese), ba la bô lô (Vietnamese), בע־מע (be-mé) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-blah_blah_blah-en-intj-giqZ4LGa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated triples, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated triples: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'boring content': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blah blah

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Oh blah blah blah. Just be quiet!"
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          "roman": "boúrou-boúrou",
          "sense": "a put-down to silence someone",
          "word": "μπούρου-μπούρου"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "a put-down to silence someone",
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          "text": "I went to go out, but couldn't find my keys; blah blah blah, my toddler had hidden them in his snow boots."
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          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
          "word": "pälä-pälä-pälä"
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          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
          "word": "turituri warawara"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
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          "word": "ple ple"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
          "word": "blá blá blá"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lja-lja-ljá",
          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
          "word": "ля-ля-ля́"
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          "roman": "bla-bla-blá",
          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
          "word": "бла-бла-бла́"
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          "roman": "lja-ljá fa-fá",
          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
          "word": "ля-ля́ фа-фа́"
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          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
          "word": "bô lô ba la"
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
          "word": "ba la bô lô"
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          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "be-mé",
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      "sense": "a put-down to silence someone",
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      "sense": "a put-down to silence someone",
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a put-down to silence someone",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a put-down to silence someone",
      "word": "dır dır"
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      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
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      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "blablabla"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "turituri warawara"
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      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "blá blá blá"
    },
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      "roman": "lja-lja-ljá",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "ля-ля-ля́"
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      "roman": "bla-bla-blá",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "бла-бла-бла́"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lja-ljá fa-fá",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "ля-ля́ фа-фа́"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "bla bla bla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "bla-bla-bla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "blablablá"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "blablabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "bô lô ba la"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "ba la bô lô"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "be-mé",
      "sense": "a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content",
      "word": "בע־מע"
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  "word": "blah blah blah"
}

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